Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Timothy McKeown: Will you be the one found faithful?
Timothy McKeown: Will you be the one found faithful?: "And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? I tell you that He will aveng...
My goal is to join the hearts of people with the heart of the Father. For three decades now, I served in full-time vocational ministry, currently serving as senior pastor at GracePointe Church in Springtown, Texas. I continue to write, having published my first book, The Gospel of John, One Day at a Time. I am now working on my second book. As a Journalism graduate of Texas Tech University (Bachelor of Arts), I worked as a journalist and editor for several Texas newspapers for more than a decade. Prior to serving as pastor, I served at my alma mater, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (Master of Arts in Religious Education) as associate director for news and information. I continue to work as a free-lance writer for various Christian outlets.
Will you be the one found faithful?
"And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?"
Luke 18:7-8.
I ask the same question Jesus did in Luke 18:8, "is there really faith on the earth" even now. Does anyone really believe? Are we working and serving the Lord, praying as though He really hears our prayers?
People of God, you who have lost faith in your family, your health, in friends who cannot be found, in politics which have gone crazy, in honesty in the media, in our once proud and trusted America, in finding or keeping a life-long soul-mate, in ministers who disappoint, and even lost faith in the organized church, please do not lose faith in God and in Him hearing your prayers. He does hear, He does care, and He will avenge His own elect who cry out day and night.
Pray as though Jesus will come today and find you faithful. All else will fade, but your reward from your faith will abide forever in eternity.
Pray as though Jesus will come today and find you faithful. All else will fade, but your reward from your faith will abide forever in eternity.
Perhaps it is we who have failed to pray and not just recite words but to cry out; and not just hurriedly before meals but beseeching God in the morning and in the evening. The psalmist said in Psalm 55:17, "In the morning, in the evening, at the noontime, I will pray and cry aloud." Still nothing? Then go elsewhere, in Psalm 119:164, the writer proclaims he will praise God seven times a day. Are you doing that? Then accept Paul's challenge to the Thessalonians and "pray without ceasing."
Too hard you say? Think of all the other things we do, seven times seven a day. Those things do not seem too hard to do, so why not pray instead. Pray for one person who is lost, who is sick, who has lost faith, who has lost fellowship and friendship with you. Pray that this time of uncertainty that your faith will be certain. Pray as though Jesus will come today and find you faithful. All else will fade, but your reward from your faith will abide forever in eternity.
My goal is to join the hearts of people with the heart of the Father. For three decades now, I served in full-time vocational ministry, currently serving as senior pastor at GracePointe Church in Springtown, Texas. I continue to write, having published my first book, The Gospel of John, One Day at a Time. I am now working on my second book. As a Journalism graduate of Texas Tech University (Bachelor of Arts), I worked as a journalist and editor for several Texas newspapers for more than a decade. Prior to serving as pastor, I served at my alma mater, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (Master of Arts in Religious Education) as associate director for news and information. I continue to work as a free-lance writer for various Christian outlets.
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